Rocky Mount, NC

Wesleyan College DGC

Permanent course
1.55(based on 3 reviews)
Filter course reviews

Filter reviews

Filter reviews

Wesleyan College DGC reviews

Filter
6 0
aredoubles
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 8.3 years 261 played 41 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Rocky Mount Wesleyan College. 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 14, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Nicely maintained property, with essentially no rough to speak of. You will not lose a disc here, other than through forgetfulness.
- Unexpectedly lengthy and wooded for such a casual course, with most holes averaging a healthy 280 ft through wooded fairways, and the final two are par fours over 400 ft.
- Very nice concrete tee pads, with hole number and length shown on metal plaques screwed into the concrete.
- Good MVP Black Hole baskets on the back 9. For the front 9, see below.
- Lots of interesting shot shapes, but see below.
- Relatively straightforward to navigate, especially from holes 2-8 and 9-17.
- Even with the surprising length, this would be an outstanding course for novices slowly throwing catch discs. The distances and tree obstacles would be a lot of fun for that style.

Cons:

- Hilariously simple-minded course layout. Holes 2-16 are all parallel to one another, passing back and forth across the designated area. Once you reach the end, holes 17 and 18 run along the long side and take you right back to the beginning.
- Fairways seem to have been chosen solely for convenience, finding one of those parallel alleys that seemed suitably wide and straight. I don't think a single tree was removed to create these fairways, but also as a consequence you're left with lots of strange lines that just follow the natural gaps. I do think they're largely fair, there's surprisingly little poke-and-pray here. But you'll find yourself trying strange hyzer-flips and forehand flexes to navigate these odd fairways. No hyzers here. Sometimes this is fun, sometimes it's kind of annoying. I think novices lightly throwing catch discs would actually have more fun on this course, as those birdie-run lines wouldn't even be a consideration for them.
- As you might imagine from having so many holes running in parallel, there are safety issues with baskets and teepads being close together, multiple baskets being visible at once, etc. Holes 17 and 18 are especially egregious, as they run along the long side to return to the start, and in the process fly over basically all of the baskets/teepads for the rest of the course! There are also campus walkways, roads, and buildings in close proximity to several holes, increasing the safety issues.
- The front 9 uses black Westside baskets. I didn't even realize that Westside made baskets! Based on this course, I wouldn't recommend them, as they catch very poorly, and several dead-center putts were catapulted out. Black is also a difficult color to visually spot, especially with so much dappled shade on this course, and with multiple baskets often being visible at once.
- Though the concrete teepads are very nice, they were sometimes off-angle from the preferred line.
- There are some small hole-numbering inconsistencies, with "hole 9" really being hole 18, and "hole 18" really being hole 17 for example.
- There are a few odd jumps in the course flow, as the course is split by a campus lawn with landscaping and a fountain. The uDisc map is helpful to double-check you're in the right place.

Other Thoughts:

This would be a really fun course to throw a catch disc on. For more serious disc golf, the surprising distance and interesting lines are somewhat appealing, but ultimately the oddness of the course makes it difficult to enjoy.
Was this review helpful? Yes No
Top